Northern blot hybridization in wild-type DC3000 and rhpS mutant showed that rhpR was expressed at a much higher level in the rhpS– mutant than in the WT strain. rhpR-luc reporter assay showed that activity was 10-fold higher in the rhpS– mutant than in the WT, indicating an autoactivation of rhpR expression by RhpR. Promoter deletion analysis indicated the presence of an RhprR-dependent promoter element in the -170 to -120 region in the rhpR promoter. rhpR transcriptional start site was identified by 5'RACE reaction. Site-directed mutagenesis of the putative RhpR binding site in conjunction with rhpR-luc reporter assay showed that the IR element in the rhpR promoter is important in regulating the promoter activity. Also, it was shown that the 6 bp length of the spacer is required for the activity of the IR element. Additionally, the DC3000 genome was searched for the IR sequence with upto one mismatch. The RhpR-dependent expression of the genes identified by this search was confirmed using RNA blotting, ChIP, and qRT-PCR.
Regulated genes for each binding site are displayed below. Gene regulation diagrams show binding sites, positively-regulated genes, negatively-regulated genes, both positively and negatively regulated genes, genes with unspecified type of regulation. For each indvidual site, experimental techniques used to determine the site are also given.
Site sequence | Regulated genes | Gene diagram | Experimental techniques | TF function | TF type |
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GTATCCGTATCGATAC | PSPTO_2223, |
|
activator | dimer | |
GTATCAACCTGGGTAC | PSPTO_2767 |
|
activator | dimer | |
GTATCGCGCCGCTTAC | PSPTO_2036, |
|
activator | dimer | |
GTATCGCCGCTGCTAC | PSPTO_3477, |
|
activator | dimer | |
GTATCACCCCGGACAC | PSPTO_0536, |
|
repressor | dimer | |
GTAACACAGACGATAC | PSPTO_0897, |
|
repressor | dimer |